‘Skedonk’, ‘lightie’ … there have been a host of South African words added to Oxford English Dictionary this year. Let’s list them all.

IsiZulu remains the most spoken language in South African households, according to the latest Census Report released by StatsSA.

The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa announced that Sign Language is now South Africa’s 12th official language.

South Africa is known for its diverse range of cultures and languages, with 11 official languages recognized in the country’s constitution.

AfriForum provided information about Afrikaans and other South African languages for inclusion in the atlas.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

Don’t we all just love to learn new slang? Here’s a South African slang word to help you connect and unite with different cultures.

‘60% of the people that speak the language are black’: South African-born actress Charlize Theron has been slammed by the language board.

English has failed often as the main language of court in proceedings – this impacts testimony and must be addressed.

The apostrophe and other punctuation forms are going extinct as social media users shorten words to fit character counts.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on Unisa to retrace its steps and do away with the so-called language of the oppressor.

South Africa’s first Muslim film in Afrikaaps, ‘Barakat’, was filmed in the Cape Flats to show that there is a more hopeful side to the area.

“Language is at the centre of identity, history, and crafting of national discourse”, the EFF says.

Speaking more than one language keeps the brain working harder and, in older people, can stave off Alzheimer’s for four or five years.

International Translation Day (ITD) was launched in 1953 by the International Federation of Translators. Here’s why.

Masters student James Seanego has won a poetry competition with his Sotho verse and graduated cum laude in languages.

With all the chaos 2020 has thrown at us, at least we can say our vocabulary has grown and we have six more phrases in our linguistic arsenal.

Introducing language learning to smart technologies: Learn a new language in a fun and interactive way with the following apps:

International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is celebrated every year on 21 February. Here’s why it’s important in our global civilisation.

New data reveals the 100 most spoken languages in the world and where SA’s official languages fit in.

As videos of white South Africans speaking African languages go viral on Twitter, MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi says South Africans “are building”.

For millions of South Africans, English is their second, or in some cases third or fourth language. As a result, they might struggle with the pronunciation of certain words.

Lesufi made his statements in August during a radio interview.

BERT will help the search engine to understand 1 in 10 of all the things asked.

Deputy Minister Buti Manamela will officially launch the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) in Potchefstroom on Wednesday, 7 August.

Now we’re talking… We’ve got a complete breakdown of 14 South African languages, and how popular they are across the country.

The latest update of the Oxford English Dictionary includes 20 South African words.

International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on 21 February, as a way to honour the diversity of languages around the world.

If you want to expand your horizons, learning a new language is one of the best ways to do so.

Afrikaans is a curious language. It borrows widely from many others, but it’s got some literal gems for pretty ordinary things.

A bunch of South Africanisms have been added to the Oxford Dictionary. We’ll tell you about them just now.

We aren’t arguing with her. Naomi Campbell delivered a rousing speech at the Global Citizen Festival, and this is how we’re all saying “Amandla” now.

The 2018 South African Word of the Year will be revealed on 16 October 2018, World Dictionary Day. These are the shortlisted words for this year.

The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) aren’t ready to let the dust settle on Hoërskool Overvaal just yet, as they target Panyaza Lesufi.

isiXhosa is officially one of the global languages of cricket after a translation of the laws were presented at Newlands last week.

South African catchphrases come from so many different scenarios. We’ve taken some ridiculous moments and turned them into a way to communicate. Gotta love the Mzansi humour.

Language is weird and wonderful. But it also comes with its fair share of challenges. Sometimes the words we use in South Africa mean something very different in other parts of the world. Here are a few examples.

Groundbreaking.

A new language study starting in August is looking for people in South Africa and the UK.

Afrikaans is a funny old language with many of its expressions taking on a very literal meaning.

The inspiration for this post came from Grammarly – a nifty extension for Chrome to help you not type like a spanner. The original post was about British words that Americans no longer use. Now, obviously South African English is closer to British English than Americans, so we thought we’d share some words from the […]

Melusi Tshabalala, a resident from Johannesburg is teaching social media users isiZulu one word at a time.

Afrikaans can be a wonderfully literal and expressive language. When you translate some words directly back into English, you can have a few giggle-worthy moments, though.

Because 11 official languages just simply aren’t enough

If you’re a regular reader of these pages, you know that we’re a bit fascinated with Afrikaans and its idiosyncrasies. The literalness of the language is fascinating… and often amusing. So, for this round of “Afrikaans things in English”, we’re looking at idioms involving animals – what they mean and what their English equivalent is. […]

Top tips for communication.

Language is a curious old thing.

Afrikaans is so literal.

According to you, these are the 10 South African words you love the most, and whose English translations just don’t mean the same

There’s more to South African English than meets the ear – and now there is a book to prove it. TSA chats to co-author Malcolm Venter.

‘Eish man, I am coming now now to chow some lekker slap chips in my bakkie’ Top 10 South Africanisms that just don’t have an English equivalent

This short film tries to imagine what English sounds like to people who don’t speak it.

Usually we have a bit of a giggle at foreigners trying to speak one of South Africa’s official languages, but Mariah aced it.

These sales are big in Japan.

This is next level gold and white or blue and black dress stuff. But this one as an actual answer.